Archive for month: July, 2014

This week we’re looking at variable weather and likely some great days of paddling. Starting off, viagra sale Tuesday and Wednesday we’ll have a chance of thunderstorms . Later in the week, viagra we’ll see partially cloudy conditions and temperatures in the upper 70s and low 80s. According to Windfinder, healing the wind stays relatively calm, though afternoon breezes will be up to 10 mph. Watch out for those great sunsets that we’ve been having, too!

As far as Lake Tahoe paddling events go, things are pretty quiet this week. Of course, South Tahoe Standup will host the Wednesday night SUP Series and Monday’s Ladies Night. Thursday will be Live at Lakeview with Sister Sparrow, The Dirty Birds and Merrygold. Over at Harvey’s Outdoor Arena, Journey, The Steve Miller Band, Lady Gaga, Boston and the Doobie Brothers will all hit the stage.

Photo Courtesy of Molokai 2 Oahu Paddleboard Race

Across the Pacific, Hawaii hosted the annual Molokai 2 Oahu Paddleboard Race, or M20 race last weekend. Connor Baxter was the overall winner of the difficult 32-mile open ocean channel crossing. The Maui 19-year-old finished the race in a record time of 4 hours 8 minutes and 8 seconds. Full results can be found here and a great video about the race is below.

Coming up this week, a handful of European races will kick off. The island of Kauai will host the Na Pali Race. And the SUPSA Surf Race will take off on Australia’s Gold Coast. Supracer.com has a full list of events.

For us, this week is a good week to get out on the water, tour, and train. North Lake’s Ta-hoe Nalu is only a couple weeks away. As always, we’d love to hear from your paddling comments, questions and stories. Please feel free to visit our Facebook page or email me at Dylan@southtahoesup.com.

Welcome to South Tahoe Standup Paddle’s new Weekly Paddle Report. Every Tuesday, rx we’ll be posting a rundown of the conditions at Lake Tahoe and a general summary of the forecast. Also in the report, we will feature upcoming paddling events, news and product updates.

Our goal with this new blog series is to connect the Northern California and Northern Nevada standup community with information that they will find useful, interesting and entertaining. When thunderstorms are forecast to hit the lake, we want you to know. We’ll post about new products and special deals. We’ll list upcoming races and highlight results from local and faraway contests.

We hope you, our faithful friends, will chime in from time to time with photos, stories, comments and questions about standup paddling. Without you, the sport wouldn’t revolve around the great tribe that it does. We welcome your input and look forward to spending time on the water with you.

Of course, we will still recommend awesome places to paddle. And we will still put up as many great photos as we can. If there’s anything you’d like to see in the Weekly Paddle Report, please feel free to email me at Dylan@southtahoesup.com or stop by our Facebook page.

After such an amazing event, viagra this week’s blog post has to be dedicated to Race the Lake of the Sky. From the pre-party to the sweet moves contest, viagra the whole weekend was a whirlwind of friendship, fun and competition.

Danny Ching swept both the big races in the 14-foot class. Riviera rider Thomas Maximus and Rob Rojas led the unlimited class, while Candice Appleby owned the win on the women’s side of the 5-miler. Up-and-comers Shae Boudy and Noa Hopper turned in great results as well. Congratulations to all those who finished. Full results are available on the website.

Through Saturday’s SUP Cross, the competition was intense. Men, women and children battled it out, hunting the inside around the turns and sprinting through the finish. Sunday’s sweet moves contest saw backflips and yoga poses, 360s and paddle jumps. Also on Sunday, the relay was widely considered one of the most exciting races of the weekend.